Freedom

This post actually fits in perfectly in Bharath post’s comment section. But after reading his post, I was convinced that I have enough to say to make it a post in itself.

Freedom is something which every human being craves for. It is certainly true that Indian women are deprived of their freedom to a great extent. Or to put it differently, they are not brave enough to fight back and get what they want, in spite of good education and financial independence.

Women are from different mould. They think differently, they feel differently and they get hurt differently. This is applicable universally. So, their need for freedom is also different.

Just as men do not feel the need to stray half nude in streets, women also are comfortable dressing in full. In fact, the comfort level and confidence in dressing up fully is immense. When it is universally clear that men drool on women, it is morally incorrect to induce some innocent. It is really difficult to set standards and description on moral ethics. But that is not the license to let one’s morality fly in air and enjoy ‘freedom’.

Western culture is an extreme. Islamic culture is another extreme. Indian culture does not fall under any of the extremities. The problem arises only when we try to sway this way or that way. When organizations like RSS stress on this point, it is to be maturely interpreted that they are emphasizing a right point in a wrong way. They indulge in violence, an extreme, to oppose another extreme, western culture. The tools that these organizations take in their hand are incorrect. Not their motto. (Personally, I would not mind anyone slapping an errant and saying this should not be done. But who will agree? Especially in a spoilt democracy like India.)

Also I do not intend to give clean chit to men and society. It is sad that the obnoxious incident which Bharath pointed out is not strange in our society. But men at large who indulge in these activities are invertebrates, lacking the basic courage. Not even a single man, when left alone would dare to do such a filthy thing. It is only the crowd which gives them the strength and shelter so that they can hide safely when some one stares back even. Remember women, courage is your strength, which those boneless lack.

An educated women, has a matured role to play. There is no doubt that she has a major responsibility to safeguard our culture. When restrictions are self imposed (nothing more than a natural urge to cover oneself fully) with no intention to fall in love with aberrations, atleast she will have the satisfaction of being right on her part. Just because aberrations have become part and parcel of people in some part of the world, a verbatim copy would not just suit our society as our society is still immature and confined.

Gifted with good education and financial independence, most of the women in India have the good sense to think and tackle their own problems. When she feels that she has to face extra problems due to her gender, she should be willing to fight back and win. Feminity is not synonymous to fragility. If someone finds solace in leaning and lamenting, we can sympathize at her, just as we sympathize on seeing a handicapped, a handicap, which was thrust by her own self. A female who cannot tackle her own problem can can as well get herself destroyed, as Darwin said, survival of the fittest.